Ranked 1st in the world for physical sciences
Full ranking profile 57 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Science and Technology of China. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Nature 2025 Headline physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =1 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Physics | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =3 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =4 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Chemistry | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =5 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Chemical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =9 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =11 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =11 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =18 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =24 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =25 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =27 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =33 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =34 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =34 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =44 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =46 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =47 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =51 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =58 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =59 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =60 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =61 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =76 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =81 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =100 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =103 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =114 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =125 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =132 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =140 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =146 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =152 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =158 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =173 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =188 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =193 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =204 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =208 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =219 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =262 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =299 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =334 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =336 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =423 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.